Former Ottawa City Hall is a reinforced concrete office building, Council Chambers and parking garage constructed adjacent to and integrated with the old City Hall structure. The old structure is an eight story steel framed building which was completely renovated and retrofitted with structural brace frames to ensure compliance with the current code on seismic design. The building was completed in 1993 and currently houses the office of the Canadian Ministry of External Affairs.

The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. The Rideau Canal was completed in 1832 and is still in use today. The canal system uses sections of the major rivers, including the Rideau and the Cataraqui River, as well as interconnecting some inland lakes. It is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America.